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Filed March '14. 1929 INVENTOR Joimfl Wilhelm.

i UN T D JoHNn; 'wrtnnmvr, or norie IsLnnD, v'iiwvolin; issre non, BY Mnsr E ASSIGNMENTS, v TO'MARGON conrone'rron, oi nnw Yonmiv. r n conronnrron OF NEW yonx I Patented Sept. 22, 1931 frAfiNTi, F ER 'Application filed March 14, 1929. Serial No. 346,822. 7

This invention relates to-a doll, and anobject is to provide a doll of the so-called moulded type having a sound producingdevice appropriately secured in positionrtherein in somewhat the general relation as shown and,

described in my copending application Serial A moredetailed object is toprovide simple, eflicient and practical means by which :a sound producing device may be operatively mounted within a hollow-moulded doll-body or'head m a A further vdetailedobjectis to provide a doll having relatively movable head and limb parts and to" provide elastic stringing means for said partsserviceable also as supporting means for the sound producing device,

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in partobvious vand in vpart pointed out in 1the course =ofthe following descriptionof the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the 'invention;oand the scope of protectioncontemplated will be indi cated in the appended claims. 3 -In-tl1e accompanying drawings which are to be'taken asa part-ofthisspecification, and inwhich I have. shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view through a doll constructed-in accordance with this invention. 1 ,1 I Fig; 2 is a rear elevational view oflthe structure seen in Fig. 1, a portion being bro-. ken away and shownin vertical section approximately upon the plane. ofline II'IIiof Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vdetailogsectional View similar to a left hand portiontof'Fig. 1'

but illustrating-a modified construction of said-portion. i v 7 Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structures therein illustrated,- it may be first mentionedthat sound producing devices for inclusion. in dolls sand like toys, althoughmade up in various-shapes and sizes,- usual'ly vconsist of :a small cylindrical casing,as for instance av short section of card-. board mailing-tube,= closed at its opposite ends by suitable metallic jca'p pieces at :least i one of which is perforated so that sound pro duced by mechanls'm wlth n the casing-may emanate to the outer'atmosphere." A sound producing device of this type is accordingly illustrated herein, but will be understood that the invention isnot necessarily restricted to the use of. this typeof soundproducing device 1 According. to thepresent invention it is proposedthat a moulded doll body may be provided, preferably through its back wall, with a large opening as L "of such shapeand size as to loosely accommodate the soundr p rodue ing device therethrough:

The sound "produc ng device illustrated is indicated generally by the reference character the opposite end cap pieces 2 and 3. I

Arranged within" thehollow of thebody adjacent the openingLis a platform menu ber H having its main" surface ast'facingtoward said opening. This platform member maybe of anyfo'rm ore construction but is preferably shaped up from a suitable piece of sheet-metal providing prongs as 5 by which 1 it is conveniently rigidly attached I, to. the interior portion of the front wall 6 of ithe doll-body: marginal-i ledge 7 is provided Gg consisting of the cylindrical portion land sheet of cloth being nevertheless highly desirable for this purpose in View of its-poros ity whereby the sounds produced by the sounding-device may readily flow-outwardly from the body, the cloth meanwhile preventing movement of dust and dirt into thebody;

In instanceswhere the doll includes relativelv movable members,'sucih as therhead F10 and limbs 11 shown. the stringing employed for holding'the head and limbssmovably-connectedwithth'ebody may consist of an endless elastic'cordas '12. A metallichook as 13'carried 'bythis cord may engage a suitable anchor fixed within 'the head, and other hooks as 11l4 also c'arri'ed hy the cordmay engage the limbs. The two strands as 15 and '16 comprising the pmid portionof this cord'may be spread apartto receive the sound producing device'between them, as indicatedso that said strands, being in engagement with relatively opposite side wall portions of the sound producing device, and exerting-substantiallv equal force against said opposite sides, will assist in retaining theisoun d'producing device: against movement with respect to the seat in the platform H. 1

In themodification Fig. 3'the structure is the same in all respects as above described, but it is proposed by 'this'figurethat if desire'dthe seat for 'the inner end ofthe sound producing device may be built up as'an intev grad moulded feature of the materialof the doll body. "In this figure the front wall 6 of the dollbody is "formed-with a plurality of integrally moulded extensions 17 in'teriorly of the body e'achhavin'g a notch 18 at its 'in ner end'and said notches collectively provid ing the required-seat'for the soundproducing device. 'Itis noted that in eachzof the'structures il lustrat ed objectionable I movement 7 0f the sound producing deviceis prevented noto'nly by engagement of i said device with ithev plat for'm. 't'he elastic cord, and the cloth sheet but also by the -walls -of' the opening L so that, while said sound producing device is permitted, slight movement in various directions, suitable to prevent injury to the-deli cate mechanism within saiddevice, "for instance when the dollis dropped, it wara be securely retained against permanent displacement at all times.

The yielding pressure =of 'the elastic cord will always hold it yieldingly in a proper normal position.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined in the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatentEisz- LA doll comprising a hollow moulded body having front and back walls spaced apart, a separately formed metallic plat-form member-arrangediinteriorly'of'the-body said platform member resting against the inner surface of the front wall and having prongs embedded into said front wall, the back wall having an openingtherethrough adjacent said platform member, said platform member having a: seat facing toward'said'opening, a' sound producing device extending through said 2 opening and engaging within said seat,

and'means to retainthe-sound producing-dev vice against displacement from said seat.

2. A doll comprising a hollow moulded body having front and back walls spaced apart, asound producing devicewithinsaid body, said wallsea'ch having aipartengaging' the sound producing device serving collecti-vely tosupportsaid' device in positionwhile allowing it a slight degree of movement-with respect to' the body. and means to cushion the movements of said device, said cushioning means engaging the sound producing device at a 'loca'tion spacedintermediate those parts of the front and b ack walls which engage-the sound producing 'device.

A doll '-comprising a hollow moulded body having front and back walls spaced apart, separately *formedhe'ad and limb members, a sound producing device within said body,said wadls eachfhav'ing a part 'engaging the sound producing device serving cdllectively to=support said device in;position while allowing it a slight degree of movement with respect-tothe'body, and elastic stringing connecting the head and limb members "with the body having parts engaging the sound producing, device to cushion the movements of said device;

4L. A doll comprising a "hollow moulded 7 body having an opening through one {wall thereof andhaving a platform provided upon the"innensurface'of an opposite wall aligned with said opening, a sound producing device, said openingbein'g of a size to permit easy insertion of the sound producing devicetherethrough into position with the inner 'end portion of the sound producing device engaging I said platform andwith' the outer end portion of thesound producing device positioned'in said opening in close proximity to the walls thereof, the platform being formed with means having=co-operativeengagement with 9130 the inner end portion of the sound producing device to hold said inner end against undesirable lateral movement with respect to the body, and means engaging the outer end of the sound producing device and fixed to the adjacent outer surface of the body adjacent said opening serving to hold the sound producing device in position upon saidplatform.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. JOHN H. WILHELM. 

